Latex Messiah is the 22nd single release by the British

Great Britain

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 rock

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 singer Toyah Willcox

Toyah Willcox

Toyah Ann Willcox is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, as well as voicing and presenting numerous television shows...

. Written by Toyah and collaborator Simon Darlow, it was her first single release since 1994 and also her first digital release. The single, taken from the singer's studio album

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 In The Court Of The Crimson Queen

In the Court of the Crimson Queen

- Personnel :* Toyah Willcox - vocals, author* Simon Darlow - drums, violin, producer, co-author* Alan Sawyers - artwork* Dean Stockings - photography-External links:* @ www.toyahwillcox.com....

(2008

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), was released as a download, exclusively through iTunes

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, on the 29 October 2007, and reached #6 in the iTunes Rock Chart. Several "guerilla footage" home made videos were shot for the song (a collaboration between Toyah and her long-term photographer Dean Stockings) and are featured on her Myspace

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 page and on the official Toyah YouTube

YouTube

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channel.

Personnel

• Toyah Willcox - vocals
• Simon Darlow - all instrumebts, backing vocals, producing, mixing